Shri Vani Sripada
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Electronic Reporting Rule Finalized
-September 25, 2013
EPA has published a final rule requiring facilities to report all non-trade secret Toxics Release Inventory data to EPA using the TRI-MEweb online reporting application. This rule is effective from January 21, 2014. Once the rule becomes effective, facilities submitting non-trade secret TRI reporting forms for the 2013 TRI reporting year (forms due on July […]
EPA updates VOC Performance Standards for the Storage Tanks
-August 28, 2013
EPA has issued final updates to its 2012 VOC performance standards for storage tanks used in crude oil and natural gas production and transmission. The updates will ensure the tanks likely to have the highest emissions are controlled first, while providing tank owners and operators time to purchase and install VOC controls. The amendments reflect […]
EPA Software Helps Reduce Water Pollution as Part of President’s Climate Action Plan
-August 1, 2013
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the National Stormwater Calculator, an innovative addition to the administration’s virtual climate resilience toolkit. EPA’s new calculator will help property owners, developers, landscapers, and urban planners make informed land-use decisions to protect local waterways from pollution caused by stormwater runoff. […]
Cost Effective Practices and Strategies for Green Infrastructure Maintenance
-June 28, 2013
Shri Vani Sripada of Smith Management Group recently attended a webinar on Cost Effective Practices and Strategies for Green Infrastructure Maintenance. A green infrastructure approach analyzes the natural environment in a way that highlights its functions and subsequently seeks to put in place, through regulatory or planning policy, mechanisms that safeguard critical natural areas. The multi-functionality […]
Innovation in Wastewater Treatment Process
-June 3, 2013
Glycerol is better known as a common ingredient in pharmaceuticals, foods, soaps and perfumes, but lately it’s been wandering off into new territory as a green chemistry alternative to petrochemicals. In the latest development, glycerol has been successfully deployed as the main ingredient in an innovative new nitrogen removal system at New York City wastewater […]